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The Doctor Bumfleece ExperimentThe Doctor Bumfleece Experiment (book)

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This black comedy, written by keyboard player Tommy Deflato, tracks the brief history of the British band The Dr Bumfleece Experiment. United together by a middle-aged Reverend, four terminally ill lads create a new hybrid musical genre named Spunk. Whilst ignoring MTV, and challenging social issues within the increasing nanny state, they see the world through the eyes of the dying. reporting their findings through music, TDBE rapidly become a cultural phenomenon with the Great British public. But will it last?

STAGGERSTAGGER (book)

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Stagger is a novel of modern relationships and London working-class realism. Dave Martin is a vulnerable stonemason still much in need of weekly counselling. To colleagues Scopes, as he’s known, Dave’s a stoic friend. Living in his dead mother’s neglected flat, Dave’s impending marriage forces him to ponder love and the meaning of his life. Scargs, an obese Northern rogue; Gerry, a recovering alcoholic; Punch, a family man with a chequered past; and old romantic Ash are the working-class friends that join Dave on his Brighton stag party, the south coast providing each character freedom to shed the monotony of mundane lives and space to escape their problems. An autumnal sun rises over King’s Cross, signalling another working week in London, the stag do just another fading memory in a now diluted world.

StaggerStagger (book)

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Stagger is a novel of modern relationship paradigms and London’s working-class social realism. To his fiancée Linda, Dave Martin is a vulnerable stonemason still much in need of weekly counselling. To those at the King’s Cross building site where he works Scopes, as he’s affectionately known, Dave’s a stoic friend and colleague. Scargs, an obese Northern rogue; Gerry, a recovering alcoholic; Punch, a family man with a chequered past; and lonely romantic Ash are the working-class friends that join Dave on his Brighton stag party, the south coast providing each character the freedom to shed the monotony of their mundane lives and the space to escape their problems.